Math & Cultural

MSRI Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
May 04, 2016 (12:30 PM PDT - 04:00 PM PDT)

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Location:

MSRI: Baker Board Room

Description

With nearly 35 million articles in 288 languages (and growing), Wikipedia has become a staple of internet culture and a standard reference for the general public since its inception in 2001. To help improve the quality of mathematically themed Wikipedia pages, MSRI will host a Differential Geometry Wikipedia edit-a-thon open to our current scientific members and workshop attendees. The edit-a-thon will take place following Wednesday, May 4th's morning workshop sessions, from 12:30-3:00 p.m. in the Baker Board Room on the second floor. Pizza will be served, and members are free to stay for the full or partial event time.Please registerby 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3rd if you'd like to attend so that we can provide food.